Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 56

VaP 1 56.1

।।शांशपायन उवाच ।। अगात्कथममावास्यां मासि मासि दिवं नृपः। ऐलः पुरूरवाः सूत कथं वाऽतर्पयत् पितॄन्

||śāṃśapāyana uvāca || agātkathamamāvāsyāṃ māsi māsi divaṃ nṛpaḥ| ailaḥ purūravāḥ sūta kathaṃ vā'tarpayat pitṝn

Śāṃśapāyana said: How, Sūta, did the king Aila Purūravas go to heaven on the new-moon day, month after month? And how did he satisfy the fathers?

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VaP 1 56.2

।।सूत उवाच।। तस्य चाहं प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रभावं शांशपायन। ऐलस्यादित्यसंयोगं सोमस्य च महात्मनः

||sūta uvāca|| tasya cāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi prabhāvaṃ śāṃśapāyana| ailasyādityasaṃyogaṃ somasya ca mahātmanaḥ

Sūta said: I shall declare his power, Śāṃśapāyana — the conjunction of Aila with the sun, and with the moon of great soul.

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VaP 1 56.3

अपांसारमयस्येन्दोः पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः। ह्रासवृद्धी पितृमतः पक्षस्य च विनिर्णयः

apāṃsāramayasyendoḥ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ| hrāsavṛddhī pitṛmataḥ pakṣasya ca vinirṇayaḥ

(I shall declare) the waning and waxing of the moon, which is made of water's essence, in the two fortnights, bright and dark — (the moon) possessed of the fathers — and the determination of the fortnight.

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VaP 1 56.4

सोमाच्चैवामृतप्राप्तिः पितॄणां तर्पणं तथा। कव्याग्नेश्चात्तसोमानां पितॄणाञ्चैव दर्शनम्

somāccaivāmṛtaprāptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ tathā| kavyāgneścāttasomānāṃ pitṝṇāñcaiva darśanam

And the obtaining of the ambrosial nectar from the moon, and likewise the satisfying of the fathers, and the seeing of the fathers, of the Kavyas, the Agnis(vāttas) and the Attasomas.

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VaP 1 56.5

यथा पुरूरवाश्चैल तर्पयामास वै पितॄन्। एतत्सर्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि पर्वाणि च यथाक्रमम्

yathā purūravāścaila tarpayāmāsa vai pitṝn| etatsarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi parvāṇi ca yathākramam

(I shall declare) how Purūravas the son of Ilā satisfied the fathers; all this I shall declare, and the junctures (parvans) in due order.

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VaP 1 56.6

यदा तु चन्द्रसूर्यौ तौ नक्षत्रेण समागतौ। अमावास्यान्निवसत एकरात्रैकमण्डले

yadā tu candrasūryau tau nakṣatreṇa samāgatau| amāvāsyānnivasata ekarātraikamaṇḍale

But when the moon and the sun come together with (the same) lunar mansion, on the new-moon day they dwell for one night in a single orb.

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VaP 1 56.7

स गच्छति तदा द्रष्टुं दिवाकरनिशाकरौ। अमावस्याममावास्यां मातामहपितामहौ। अभिवाद्य तदा तत्र कालापेक्षः प्रतीक्ष्यते

sa gacchati tadā draṣṭuṃ divākaraniśākarau| amāvasyāmamāvāsyāṃ mātāmahapitāmahau| abhivādya tadā tatra kālāpekṣaḥ pratīkṣyate

Then he goes to see the day-maker and the night-maker, at each and every new moon — his maternal grandfather and his paternal grandfather; and having saluted them, he waits there, watching for the (proper) time.

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VaP 1 56.8

प्रसीदमानात् सोमाच्च पित्रर्थं तत्परिस्रवात्। ऐलः पुरूरवा विद्वान् मासि मासि प्रयत्नतः। उवास्ते पितृमन्तं तं ससोमं स दिवास्थितः

prasīdamānāt somācca pitrarthaṃ tatparisravāt| ailaḥ purūravā vidvān māsi māsi prayatnataḥ| uvāste pitṛmantaṃ taṃ sasomaṃ sa divāsthitaḥ

And from the moon that grows favourable, from its trickling forth for the sake of the fathers, the learned Aila Purūravas, month after month with effort, attends upon that (moon) possessed of the fathers, together with its soma, himself standing in heaven.

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VaP 1 56.9

द्विलवं कुहुमात्रं तु ते उभे तु विचार्य सः। सिनीवालीप्रमाणेन सिनीवालीमुपासकः

dvilavaṃ kuhumātraṃ tu te ubhe tu vicārya saḥ| sinīvālīpramāṇena sinīvālīmupāsakaḥ

But the measure of Kuhū is two lavas; having considered those two, he, worshipping Sinīvālī, (attends her) by the measure of Sinīvālī.

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VaP 1 56.10

कुहूमात्रां कलाञ्चैव ज्ञात्वोपास्ते कुहुं पुनः। स तदा भानुमत्येक कालावेक्षी प्रपश्यति

kuhūmātrāṃ kalāñcaiva jñātvopāste kuhuṃ punaḥ| sa tadā bhānumatyeka kālāvekṣī prapaśyati

And knowing the kalā that is the measure of Kuhū, he again attends upon Kuhū; then, watching for the time, he beholds (the moon) with its single ray of light.

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VaP 1 56.11

सुधामृतं कुतः सोमात् प्रस्रवेन्मासतृप्तये। दशभिः पञ्चभिश्चैव सुधामृतपरिस्रवैः

sudhāmṛtaṃ kutaḥ somāt prasravenmāsatṛptaye| daśabhiḥ pañcabhiścaiva sudhāmṛtaparisravaiḥ

Whence should the ambrosial nectar flow from the moon for the month's satisfaction? By fifteen tricklings of the ambrosial nectar—

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VaP 1 56.12

कृष्णपक्षे तदा पीत्वा दुह्यमानं तथांशुभिः। सद्यः पक्षरता तेन सौम्येन मधुना च सः

kṛṣṇapakṣe tadā pītvā duhyamānaṃ tathāṃśubhiḥ| sadyaḥ pakṣaratā tena saumyena madhunā ca saḥ

—then, in the dark fortnight, having drunk it as it is milked out by the rays, he at once (becomes) devoted to the fortnight through that lunar honey.

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VaP 1 56.13

निर्वापणार्थं दत्तेन पित्रेण विधिना नृपः। सुधामृतेन राजेन्द्रस्तर्पयामास वै पितॄन्। सौम्या बर्हिषदः काव्या अग्निष्वात्तास्तथैव च

nirvāpaṇārthaṃ dattena pitreṇa vidhinā nṛpaḥ| sudhāmṛtena rājendrastarpayāmāsa vai pitṝn| saumyā barhiṣadaḥ kāvyā agniṣvāttāstathaiva ca

With the ambrosial nectar given for the offering by the rite belonging to the fathers, that king, best of kings, satisfied the fathers — the Saumyas, the Barhiṣads, the Kāvyas, and likewise the Agniṣvāttas.

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VaP 1 56.14

ऋतुरग्निस्तु यः प्रोक्तः स तु संवत्सरो मतः। जज्ञिरे ह्यृतवस्तस्मादृतुभ्यश्चार्त्तवाश्च ये

ṛturagnistu yaḥ proktaḥ sa tu saṃvatsaro mataḥ| jajñire hyṛtavastasmādṛtubhyaścārttavāśca ye

And that fire which is called Ṛtu is held to be the year; from it the seasons were born, and from the seasons those that are the Ārtavas.

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VaP 1 56.15

आर्त्तवा ह्यर्द्धमासाख्याः पितरो ह्यब्दसूनवः। ऋतुः पितामहा मासा ऋतुश्चैवाभ्दसूनवः

ārttavā hyarddhamāsākhyāḥ pitaro hyabdasūnavaḥ| ṛtuḥ pitāmahā māsā ṛtuścaivābhdasūnavaḥ

The Ārtavas are called the half-months; the fathers are the sons of the year; Ṛtu (and) the months are the paternal grandfathers, and Ṛtu (too is) of the sons of the year.

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VaP 1 56.16

प्रपितामहास्तु वै देवाः पञ्चाब्दा ब्रह्मणः सुताः। सौम्यास्तु सौम्यजा ज्ञेयाः काव्या ज्ञेयाः कवेः सुताः

prapitāmahāstu vai devāḥ pañcābdā brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ| saumyāstu saumyajā jñeyāḥ kāvyā jñeyāḥ kaveḥ sutāḥ

But the gods are the great-grandfathers, the five-year (periods) are the sons of Brahmā; the Saumyas are to be known as born of Soma, the Kāvyas are to be known as the sons of Kavi.

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VaP 1 56.17

उपहूताः स्मृताः देवाः सोमजाः सोमपास्तथा। आज्यपास्तु स्मृताः काव्यास्तृप्यन्ति पितृजातयः

upahūtāḥ smṛtāḥ devāḥ somajāḥ somapāstathā| ājyapāstu smṛtāḥ kāvyāstṛpyanti pitṛjātayaḥ

The gods are called the Upahūtas, and those born of Soma the Soma-drinkers; the Kāvyas are called the drinkers of ghee — (thus) the classes of fathers are satisfied.

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VaP 1 56.18

काव्या बर्हिषदश्चैव अग्निष्वात्ताश्च ते त्रिधा। गृहस्था ये च यज्वाना ऋतुर्बर्हिषदो ध्रुवम्

kāvyā barhiṣadaścaiva agniṣvāttāśca te tridhā| gṛhasthā ye ca yajvānā ṛturbarhiṣado dhruvam

The Kāvyas, the Barhiṣads and the Agniṣvāttas — these are threefold: those who are householders and sacrificers; Ṛtu is surely (the class of) the Barhiṣads.

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VaP 1 56.19

गृहस्थाश्चापि यज्वाना अग्निष्वात्तास्तथार्त्तवाः। अष्टकापतयः काव्याः पञ्चाब्दास्तान्निबोधत

gṛhasthāścāpi yajvānā agniṣvāttāstathārttavāḥ| aṣṭakāpatayaḥ kāvyāḥ pañcābdāstānnibodhata

Householders too who are sacrificers are the Agniṣvāttas, and likewise the Ārtavas; the Kāvyas are the lords of the Aṣṭakās — learn of them as the five-year (periods).

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VaP 1 56.20

एषां संवत्सरो ह्यग्निः सूर्यस्तु परिवत्सरः। सोम ईद्वत्सरः प्रोक्तो वायुश्चैवानुवत्सरः

eṣāṃ saṃvatsaro hyagniḥ sūryastu parivatsaraḥ| soma īdvatsaraḥ prokto vāyuścaivānuvatsaraḥ

Of these, Agni is indeed the Saṃvatsara, the sun is the Parivatsara, Soma is called the Idvatsara, and Vāyu the Anuvatsara.

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VaP 1 56.21

रुद्रस्तु वत्सरस्तेषां पञ्चाब्दा ये युगात्मकाः। लेखाश्वैवोष्मपाश्चैव दिवाकीर्त्याश्च ते स्मृताः

rudrastu vatsarasteṣāṃ pañcābdā ye yugātmakāḥ| lekhāśvaivoṣmapāścaiva divākīrtyāśca te smṛtāḥ

But Rudra is their Vatsara — those five years that make up a yuga. And they are remembered as the Lekhas, the Ūṣmapas and the Divākīrtyas.

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VaP 1 56.22

एते पिबन्त्यमावास्यां मासि मासि सुधां दिवि । तांस्तेन तर्पयामास यावदासीत् पुरूरवाः

ete pibantyamāvāsyāṃ māsi māsi sudhāṃ divi | tāṃstena tarpayāmāsa yāvadāsīt purūravāḥ

These drink the nectar in heaven on the new-moon day, month after month; Purūravas gratified them with it for as long as he lived.

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VaP 1 56.23

यस्मात् प्रस्रवते सोमान्मासि मासि निबोधत। तस्मात् सुधामृतं द्वै पितॄणां सोमपायिनाम्

yasmāt prasravate somānmāsi māsi nibodhata| tasmāt sudhāmṛtaṃ dvai pitṝṇāṃ somapāyinām

Since it streams forth from the moon month after month — mark this — therefore it is the sudhā-nectar of the ancestors who drink soma.

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VaP 1 56.24

एवं तदमृतं सौम्यं सुधा च मधु चैव ह । कृष्णपक्षे यथा चेन्दोः कलाः पञ्चदश क्रमात्

evaṃ tadamṛtaṃ saumyaṃ sudhā ca madhu caiva ha | kṛṣṇapakṣe yathā cendoḥ kalāḥ pañcadaśa kramāt

Thus that lunar nectar is both sudhā and honey; as, in the dark fortnight, the fifteen digits of the moon (are consumed) in succession.

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VaP 1 56.25

पिबन्त्यम्बुमयीर्दे वास्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्तु छन्दजाः। पीत्वा च मासं गच्छन्ति चतुर्द्दश्यां सुधामृतम्

pibantyambumayīrde vāstrayastriṃśattu chandajāḥ| pītvā ca māsaṃ gacchanti caturddaśyāṃ sudhāmṛtam

The thirty-three (gods), born of the metres, drink the water-composed (digits); and having drunk for a month, on the fourteenth they proceed to the sudhā-nectar.

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VaP 1 56.26

इत्येवं पीयमानस्तु दैवतैश्च निशाकरः। समागच्छदमावास्यां भागे पञ्चदशे स्थितः

ityevaṃ pīyamānastu daivataiśca niśākaraḥ| samāgacchadamāvāsyāṃ bhāge pañcadaśe sthitaḥ

Thus being drunk from by the gods, the night-maker arrived at the new moon, standing in his fifteenth portion.

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VaP 1 56.27

सुषुम्नाप्यायितञ्चैव अमावास्यां यथाक्रमम्। पिबन्ति द्विकलं कालं पितरस्ते सुधामृतम्

suṣumnāpyāyitañcaiva amāvāsyāṃ yathākramam| pibanti dvikalaṃ kālaṃ pitaraste sudhāmṛtam

And what has been replenished by Suṣumnā at the new moon, in due order — that sudhā-nectar the ancestors drink for a period of two kalās.

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VaP 1 56.28

ततः पीतक्षये सोमे सूर्योऽसावेकरश्मिना। आप्याययत्सुषुम्नेन पितॄणां सोमपायिनाम्

tataḥ pītakṣaye some sūryo'sāvekaraśminā| āpyāyayatsuṣumnena pitṝṇāṃ somapāyinām

Then, when the soma that had been drunk was spent, that sun, by the single ray Suṣumnā, replenished (it) for the ancestors who drink soma.

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VaP 1 56.29

निःशेषायां कलायान्तु सोममाप्याययत् पुनः। सुषुम्नाप्यायमानस्य भागं भाग महःक्रमात्। कलाः क्षीयन्ति ताः कृष्णाः शुक्लाश्चाप्याययन्ति च

niḥśeṣāyāṃ kalāyāntu somamāpyāyayat punaḥ| suṣumnāpyāyamānasya bhāgaṃ bhāga mahaḥkramāt| kalāḥ kṣīyanti tāḥ kṛṣṇāḥ śuklāścāpyāyayanti ca

But when the digit was wholly gone, he replenished the moon again; as it was being replenished by Suṣumnā, portion by portion, day by day, those dark digits wane away and the bright ones wax.

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VaP 1 56.30

एवं सूर्यस्य वीर्येण चन्द्रस्याप्यायिता तनुः। दृश्यते पौर्णमास्यां वै शुक्लः सम्पूर्णमण्डलः। संसिद्धिरेवं सोमस्य पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः

evaṃ sūryasya vīryeṇa candrasyāpyāyitā tanuḥ| dṛśyate paurṇamāsyāṃ vai śuklaḥ sampūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ| saṃsiddhirevaṃ somasya pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ

Thus by the sun's power the moon's body is replenished; on the full-moon day it is seen bright, with its disc complete. Such is the accomplishment of the moon in the bright and the dark fortnights.

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VaP 1 56.31

इत्येष पितृमान् सोमः स्मृत इद्वत्सरः क्रमात् । क्रान्तः पंचदशैः सार्द्धं सुधा मृतपरिस्रवैः

ityeṣa pitṛmān somaḥ smṛta idvatsaraḥ kramāt | krāntaḥ paṃcadaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ sudhā mṛtaparisravaiḥ

So this soma, possessed of the ancestors, is in due order called Idvatsara; it has passed through, together with the fifteen outflowings of the sudhā-nectar.

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VaP 1 56.32

अतः पर्वाणि वक्ष्यामि पर्वणां सन्धयस्तथा। ग्रन्थिमन्ति यथा पर्वाणीक्षुवेण्वोर्भवन्त्युत

ataḥ parvāṇi vakṣyāmi parvaṇāṃ sandhayastathā| granthimanti yathā parvāṇīkṣuveṇvorbhavantyuta

Next I shall speak of the parvans (joints) and likewise the junctures of the parvans — just as the knotted joints occur in sugarcane and in bamboo.

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VaP 1 56.33

तथार्द्धमासपर्वाणि शुक्लकृष्णानि वै विदुः। पूर्णामावास्ययोर्भेदैर्ग्रन्थिर्या सन्धयश्च वै । अर्द्धमासास्तु पर्वाणि तृतीयाप्रभृतीनि तु

tathārddhamāsaparvāṇi śuklakṛṣṇāni vai viduḥ| pūrṇāmāvāsyayorbhedairgranthiryā sandhayaśca vai | arddhamāsāstu parvāṇi tṛtīyāprabhṛtīni tu

So too they know the half-month parvans, bright and dark; by the divisions of the full moon and the new moon there are the knot and the junctures; and the half-months are the parvans, beginning from the third (day).

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VaP 1 56.34

अग्नयाधानक्रिया यस्मात् क्रियते पर्वसन्धिषु। सायाह्ने प्रतिपच्चैव स कालः पौर्णमासिकः

agnayādhānakriyā yasmāt kriyate parvasandhiṣu| sāyāhne pratipaccaiva sa kālaḥ paurṇamāsikaḥ

Since the rite of establishing the fire is performed at the junctures of the parvans, (namely) at evening and on the first day — that is the full-moon time.

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VaP 1 56.35

व्यतीपाते स्थिते सूर्ये लेसोर्द्धन्तु युगान्तरे। युगान्तरोदिते चैव लेखोर्द्धं शशिनः क्रमात्

vyatīpāte sthite sūrye lesorddhantu yugāntare| yugāntarodite caiva lekhorddhaṃ śaśinaḥ kramāt

When the sun stands at the vyatīpāta, half a streak at the turn of the yuga; and when the turn of the yuga has risen, half a streak of the moon, in order.

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VaP 1 56.36

पौर्णमासे व्यतीपाते यदीक्षेते परस्परम्। यस्मिन्काले स सीमान्ते स व्यतीपात एव तु

paurṇamāse vyatīpāte yadīkṣete parasparam| yasminkāle sa sīmānte sa vyatīpāta eva tu

At the full moon, at the vyatīpāta, if the two look upon each other — at whatever time (the moon) is at that boundary's end, that is precisely the vyatīpāta.

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VaP 1 56.37

कालं सूर्यस्य निर्द्देशं दृष्ट्वा सङ्ख्या तु सर्पति। स वै पथं क्रियाकालः कालात्सद्यो विधीयते

kālaṃ sūryasya nirddeśaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṅkhyā tu sarpati| sa vai pathaṃ kriyākālaḥ kālātsadyo vidhīyate

Having observed the time and the position of the sun, the reckoning moves on; that indeed is the time for rites along the path, and it is ordained immediately from that time.

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VaP 1 56.38

पूर्णेन्दोः पूर्णपक्षे तु रात्रिसन्धिषु पूर्णिमा। यस्मात्तामनुपश्यन्ति पितरो दैवतैः सह। तस्मादनुमतिर्नाम पूर्णिमा प्रथमा स्मृता

pūrṇendoḥ pūrṇapakṣe tu rātrisandhiṣu pūrṇimā| yasmāttāmanupaśyanti pitaro daivataiḥ saha| tasmādanumatirnāma pūrṇimā prathamā smṛtā

At the full fortnight of the full moon, at the junctures of night, is the pūrṇimā; and since the ancestors together with the gods look upon it, therefore the first full moon is called Anumati.

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VaP 1 56.39

अत्यर्थं भ्राजते यस्मात् पौर्णमास्यान्निशाकरः। रञ्जनाच्चैव चन्द्रस्य राकेति कवयो विदुः

atyarthaṃ bhrājate yasmāt paurṇamāsyānniśākaraḥ| rañjanāccaiva candrasya rāketi kavayo viduḥ

Since on the full-moon day the night-maker shines exceedingly, and from the moon's tinging (rañjana), the seers know it as Rākā.

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VaP 1 56.40

अमा वसेतामृक्षे तु यदा चन्द्रदिवाकरौ। एकां पञ्चदशीं रात्रिममावास्या ततः स्मृता

amā vasetāmṛkṣe tu yadā candradivākarau| ekāṃ pañcadaśīṃ rātrimamāvāsyā tataḥ smṛtā

When the moon and the sun dwell together (amā) in the same asterism for one single fifteenth night, from that it is called Amāvāsyā.

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VaP 1 56.41

ततोऽपरस्य तैर्व्यक्तः पौर्णमास्यां निशाकरः। यदीक्षते व्यतीपाते दिवा पूर्णे परस्परम्। चन्द्रार्कावपराह्ने तु पूर्णात्मानौ तु पूर्णिमा

tato'parasya tairvyaktaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ niśākaraḥ| yadīkṣate vyatīpāte divā pūrṇe parasparam| candrārkāvaparāhne tu pūrṇātmānau tu pūrṇimā

Then the night-maker (moon) is made manifest by them (the rays) on the far side at the full-moon; if on a vyatīpāta the two look upon each other by day when full — when the moon and the sun in the afternoon are both full in themselves, that is the full moon (pūrṇimā).

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VaP 1 56.42

विच्छिन्नां ताममावास्यां पश्यतश्च समागतौ। अन्योन्यं चन्द्रसूर्यौ तौ यदा तद्दर्श उच्यते

vicchinnāṃ tāmamāvāsyāṃ paśyataśca samāgatau| anyonyaṃ candrasūryau tau yadā taddarśa ucyate

And when the two, the moon and the sun, having come together, behold each other, (the moon) being cut off (from view) on that new-moon day — that is called darśa (the 'seeing').

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VaP 1 56.43

द्वौ द्वौ लवावमावास्यां यः कालः पर्वसन्धिषु। द्वाक्षरं कुहुमात्रं तु एवं कालस्तु स स्मृतः। नष्टचन्द्रा प्यमावास्या मध्यसूर्येण सङ्गता

dvau dvau lavāvamāvāsyāṃ yaḥ kālaḥ parvasandhiṣu| dvākṣaraṃ kuhumātraṃ tu evaṃ kālastu sa smṛtaḥ| naṣṭacandrā pyamāvāsyā madhyasūryeṇa saṅgatā

The time which is two lavas each at the new moon, at the junctures of the parvans — of the measure of a kuhū, of two syllables (in duration): such is that time declared to be. And the new moon, its moon vanished, is joined with the sun at midday.

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VaP 1 56.44

दिवसार्द्धेन रात्र्यर्द्धं सूर्यं प्राप्य तु चन्द्रमाः. सूर्येण सहसा मुक्तिं गत्वा प्रातस्तनोत्सवौ । द्वौ कालौ सङ्गमश्चैव मध्याह्ने निष्पतेद्रविः

divasārddhena rātryarddhaṃ sūryaṃ prāpya tu candramāḥ. sūryeṇa sahasā muktiṃ gatvā prātastanotsavau | dvau kālau saṅgamaścaiva madhyāhne niṣpatedraviḥ

The moon, reaching the sun by half a day and half a night... having swiftly attained release from the sun, the two morning festivals, the two times, and the conjunction — at midday the sun would go forth.

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VaP 1 56.45

प्रतिपच्छुक्लपक्षस्य चन्द्रमाः सूर्यमण्डलात्। निर्मुच्यमानयोर्मध्ये तयोर्मण्डलयोस्तु वै

pratipacchuklapakṣasya candramāḥ sūryamaṇḍalāt| nirmucyamānayormadhye tayormaṇḍalayostu vai

On the first day of the bright fortnight, when the moon is being released from the sun's disc, in the middle between those two discs —

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VaP 1 56.46

स तदा ह्याहुतेः कालो दर्शस्य च वषट्क्रिया। एतदृतुमुखं ज्ञेयममावास्यास्य पर्वणः

sa tadā hyāhuteḥ kālo darśasya ca vaṣaṭkriyā| etadṛtumukhaṃ jñeyamamāvāsyāsya parvaṇaḥ

— that is then the time of the oblation, and the utterance of vaṣaṭ for the darśa (sacrifice); this is to be known as the mouth of the season, belonging to the parvan of the new moon.

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VaP 1 56.47

दिवा पर्वण्यमावास्यां क्षीणेन्दौ बहुले तु वै। तस्माद्दिवा ह्यमावास्यां गृह्यतेऽसौ दिवाकरः। गृह्यते वै दिवा ह्यस्मादमावास्यां दिविक्षयैः

divā parvaṇyamāvāsyāṃ kṣīṇendau bahule tu vai| tasmāddivā hyamāvāsyāṃ gṛhyate'sau divākaraḥ| gṛhyate vai divā hyasmādamāvāsyāṃ divikṣayaiḥ

By day, at the parvan, on the new moon, when the moon is waned in the dark (fortnight) — therefore by day on the new moon that sun is seized (in eclipse); indeed it is by day, on this new moon, that (the sun) is seized, by the waning ones in the sky.

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VaP 1 56.48

कलानामपि वै तासां बहुमान्याजडात्मकैः। तिथीनां नाम धेयानि विद्वद्भिः संज्ञितानि वै

kalānāmapi vai tāsāṃ bahumānyājaḍātmakaiḥ| tithīnāṃ nāma dheyāni vidvadbhiḥ saṃjñitāni vai

And of those digits (kalās) too, greatly honoured by those whose nature is not dull, the names of the lunar days have been assigned by the learned.

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VaP 1 56.49

दर्शयेतामथान्योन्यं सूर्याचन्द्रमसावुभौ । निष्क्रामत्यथ तेनैव क्रमशः सूर्यमण्डलात्

darśayetāmathānyonyaṃ sūryācandramasāvubhau | niṣkrāmatyatha tenaiva kramaśaḥ sūryamaṇḍalāt

Then the two, sun and moon, would show themselves to each other; and thereby (the moon) goes out step by step from the sun's disc.

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VaP 1 56.50

द्विलवेन ह्यहो रात्रं भास्करं स्पृशते शशी। स तदा ह्याहुतेः कालो दर्शस्य च वषट्क्रिया

dvilavena hyaho rātraṃ bhāskaraṃ spṛśate śaśī| sa tadā hyāhuteḥ kālo darśasya ca vaṣaṭkriyā

For two lavas of the day-and-night the moon touches the sun; that is then the time of the oblation and the vaṣaṭ-utterance of the darśa (rite).

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VaP 1 56.51

कुहेति कोकिरेनोक्तो यः कालः परिचिह्नितः। तत्कालसंज्ञिता यस्मादमावास्या कुहुः स्मृता

kuheti kokirenokto yaḥ kālaḥ paricihnitaḥ| tatkālasaṃjñitā yasmādamāvāsyā kuhuḥ smṛtā

The time which has been marked out is called 'kuhū' by Kokira; since the new moon is named after that time, it is known as Kuhū.

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VaP 1 56.52

सिनीवालीप्रमाणेन क्षीणशेषो निशाकरः। अमावास्यां विशत्यर्कं सिनीवाली ततः स्मृता

sinīvālīpramāṇena kṣīṇaśeṣo niśākaraḥ| amāvāsyāṃ viśatyarkaṃ sinīvālī tataḥ smṛtā

When the moon, its remainder waned to the measure of Sinīvālī, enters the sun on the new-moon day, it is therefore called Sinīvālī.

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VaP 1 56.53

पर्वणः पर्वकालस्तु तुल्यो वै तु वषट्क्रिया। चन्द्रसूर्यव्यतीपाते उभे ते पूर्णिमे स्मृते

parvaṇaḥ parvakālastu tulyo vai tu vaṣaṭkriyā| candrasūryavyatīpāte ubhe te pūrṇime smṛte

The parvan-time of the parvan is equal (to it), and so is the vaṣaṭ-utterance; at the vyatīpāta of moon and sun, both of these are held to be full-moons.

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VaP 1 56.54

प्रतिपत्पञ्चदश्योश्च पर्वकालो द्विमात्रकः। कालः कुहुसिनीवाल्योः समुद्रो द्विलवः स्मृतः

pratipatpañcadaśyośca parvakālo dvimātrakaḥ| kālaḥ kuhusinīvālyoḥ samudro dvilavaḥ smṛtaḥ

For the first day and the fifteenth the parvan-time is of two mātrās; the time of Kuhū and Sinīvālī is reckoned as complete (samudra?), of two lavas.

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VaP 1 56.55

अर्काग्निमण्डले सोमे पर्वकालः कलाश्रयः। एवं स शुक्रपक्षो वै रजन्याः पर्वसन्धिषु

arkāgnimaṇḍale some parvakālaḥ kalāśrayaḥ| evaṃ sa śukrapakṣo vai rajanyāḥ parvasandhiṣu

When the moon is in the fiery disc of the sun, the parvan-time depends on the digit (kalā); thus that bright fortnight (occurs) at the junctures of the parvan of the night.

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VaP 1 56.56

सम्पूर्णमण्डलः श्रीमांश्चन्द्रमा उपरज्यते। यस्मादाप्यायते सोमः पञ्चदश्यान्तु पूर्णिमा

sampūrṇamaṇḍalaḥ śrīmāṃścandramā uparajyate| yasmādāpyāyate somaḥ pañcadaśyāntu pūrṇimā

With his disc complete, the glorious moon is (then) eclipsed; since Soma waxes full, the fifteenth is the full moon.

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VaP 1 56.57

दशभिः पञ्चभिश्चैव कलाभिर्दिवसक्रमात्। तस्मात् कला पञ्चदशी सोमे नास्ति तु षोडशी। तस्मात्सोमस्य भवति पञ्चदश्यां महाक्षयः

daśabhiḥ pañcabhiścaiva kalābhirdivasakramāt| tasmāt kalā pañcadaśī some nāsti tu ṣoḍaśī| tasmātsomasya bhavati pañcadaśyāṃ mahākṣayaḥ

By ten and by five digits, in the sequence of days — therefore in the moon there is a fifteenth digit but no sixteenth; therefore for the moon there occurs on the fifteenth its great waning.

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VaP 1 56.58

इत्येते पितरो देवाः सोमपाः सोमवर्द्धनाः। आर्त्तवा ऋतवो यस्मात्ते देवा भावयन्ति च

ityete pitaro devāḥ somapāḥ somavarddhanāḥ| ārttavā ṛtavo yasmātte devā bhāvayanti ca

Thus these are the fathers, gods, drinkers of soma, increasers of soma; and since they are the seasonal ones, the seasons, those gods cause (beings) to come into being.

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VaP 1 56.59

अतः पितॄन् प्रवक्ष्यामि मासश्राद्धभुजस्तु ये। तेषां गतिञ्च सत्त्वञ्च गतिं श्राद्धस्य चैव हि

ataḥ pitṝn pravakṣyāmi māsaśrāddhabhujastu ye| teṣāṃ gatiñca sattvañca gatiṃ śrāddhasya caiva hi

Hence I shall declare the fathers who consume the monthly śrāddha, and their course and their nature, and the course of the śrāddha too.

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VaP 1 56.60

न मृतानां गतिः शक्या विज्ञातुं पुनरागतिः। तपसापि प्रसिद्धेन किं पुनर्मांसचक्षुषा

na mṛtānāṃ gatiḥ śakyā vijñātuṃ punarāgatiḥ| tapasāpi prasiddhena kiṃ punarmāṃsacakṣuṣā

The course of the dead and their return cannot be known even by one accomplished through austerity — how much less by the eye of flesh.

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VaP 1 56.61

श्राद्धदेवान् पिदॄनेतान् पितरो लौकिकाः स्मृताः। देवाः सौम्याश्च यज्वानः सर्वे चैव ह्ययोनिजाः

śrāddhadevān pidṝnetān pitaro laukikāḥ smṛtāḥ| devāḥ saumyāśca yajvānaḥ sarve caiva hyayonijāḥ

These fathers, (called) the śrāddha-gods — the fathers are held to be the worldly ones; the gods, the gentle ones, the sacrificers, and all those not born from a womb.

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VaP 1 56.62

देवास्ते पितरः सर्वे देवास्तान् भावयन्त्युत। मनुष्याः पितरश्चैव तेभ्योऽन्ये लौकिकाः स्मृताः

devāste pitaraḥ sarve devāstān bhāvayantyuta| manuṣyāḥ pitaraścaiva tebhyo'nye laukikāḥ smṛtāḥ

Those fathers are all gods, and gods sustain them; men too are fathers, and those other than these are held to be the worldly ones.

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VaP 1 56.63

पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः। यज्वानो ये तु सोमे न सोमवन्तस्तु ते स्मृताः

pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ| yajvāno ye tu some na somavantastu te smṛtāḥ

Father, grandfather, and likewise great-grandfather: those who sacrifice with soma, but those who are not possessed of soma are (also) so called.

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VaP 1 56.64

ये यज्वानः स्मृतास्तेषां ते वै बर्हिषदः स्मृताः। कर्मस्वेतेषु युक्तास्ते तृप्यन्त्यादेहसम्भवात्

ye yajvānaḥ smṛtāsteṣāṃ te vai barhiṣadaḥ smṛtāḥ| karmasveteṣu yuktāste tṛpyantyādehasambhavāt

Of those who are called sacrificers, they indeed are called the Barhiṣads; engaged in these rites, they are satisfied from the origin of the body onward.

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VaP 1 56.65

अग्निष्वात्ताः स्मृतास्तेषां होमिनो याज्ययाजिनः। ये वाप्याश्रमधर्मेण प्रस्थानेषु व्यवस्थिताः

agniṣvāttāḥ smṛtāsteṣāṃ homino yājyayājinaḥ| ye vāpyāśramadharmeṇa prasthāneṣu vyavasthitāḥ

Among them the Agniṣvāttas are said to be the offerers of oblations, sacrificers for others (or sacrificing what is to be sacrificed); or those who, by the law of the (four) stages of life, are established in the (successive) courses.

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VaP 1 56.66

अन्ते च नैव सीदन्ति श्रद्धायुक्तेन कर्मणा। ब्रह्मचर्येण तपसा यज्ञेन प्रजया च वै

ante ca naiva sīdanti śraddhāyuktena karmaṇā| brahmacaryeṇa tapasā yajñena prajayā ca vai

And in the end they do not sink down, by action joined with faith, by chastity, by austerity, by sacrifice, and by offspring,

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VaP 1 56.67

श्रद्धया विद्यया चैव प्रदानेन च सप्तधा। कर्मस्वेतेषु ये युक्ता भवन्त्या देवपातनात्

śraddhayā vidyayā caiva pradānena ca saptadhā| karmasveteṣu ye yuktā bhavantyā devapātanāt

by faith, by knowledge, and by giving — sevenfold. Those who are engaged in these acts come to be, through the descent of the gods.

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VaP 1 56.68

देवैस्तैः पितृभिः सार्द्धं सूक्ष्मकैः सोमपायकैः। स्वर्गता दिवि मोदन्ते पितृमन्तमुपासते

devaistaiḥ pitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ sūkṣmakaiḥ somapāyakaiḥ| svargatā divi modante pitṛmantamupāsate

Together with those gods and fathers, subtle ones, drinkers of soma, gone to heaven they rejoice in the sky and attend upon him who has fathers.

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VaP 1 56.69

प्रजावतां प्रशंसैव स्मृता सिद्धा क्रियावताम्। तेषां निवापदत्तान्नं तत्कुलीनैश्च बान्धवैः

prajāvatāṃ praśaṃsaiva smṛtā siddhā kriyāvatām| teṣāṃ nivāpadattānnaṃ tatkulīnaiśca bāndhavaiḥ

Praise alone is declared (to belong) to those having offspring, and success to those who perform rites; the food given to them as offering, by the kinsmen born in that family—

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VaP 1 56.70

मासं श्राद्धभुजस्तृप्ति लभन्ते सोमलौकिकाः। एते मनुष्याः पितरो मासि श्राद्ध भुजस्तु ते

māsaṃ śrāddhabhujastṛpti labhante somalaukikāḥ| ete manuṣyāḥ pitaro māsi śrāddha bhujastu te

the soma-worldly ones, eating the śrāddha, obtain satisfaction for a month; these are the human fathers, and they eat the śrāddha monthly.

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VaP 1 56.71

तेभ्योऽपरे तु ये चान्ये सङ्कीर्णाः कर्मयोनिषु। भ्रष्टाश्चाश्रमधर्मेभ्यः स्वधास्वाहाविवर्जिताः

tebhyo'pare tu ye cānye saṅkīrṇāḥ karmayoniṣu| bhraṣṭāścāśramadharmebhyaḥ svadhāsvāhāvivarjitāḥ

But others besides them, and those who are mixed up in the wombs of (their) deeds, and those fallen from the duties of the stages of life, deprived of 'svadhā' and 'svāhā',

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VaP 1 56.72

भिन्नदेहा दुरात्मनः प्रेतभूता यमक्षये। स्वकर्माण्येव शोचन्ति यातनास्थानमागताः

bhinnadehā durātmanaḥ pretabhūtā yamakṣaye| svakarmāṇyeva śocanti yātanāsthānamāgatāḥ

with bodies torn apart, evil-souled, having become ghosts in Yama's realm, they lament their own deeds, having come to the place of torment.

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VaP 1 56.73

दीर्घायुषोऽतिशुष्काश्च विवर्णाश्च विवाससः। क्षुत्पिपासापरीताश्च विद्रवन्ति इतस्ततः

dīrghāyuṣo'tiśuṣkāśca vivarṇāśca vivāsasaḥ| kṣutpipāsāparītāśca vidravanti itastataḥ

Long-lived, utterly dried up, discoloured and without clothing, beset by hunger and thirst, they run about here and there.

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VaP 1 56.74

सरित्सरस्तडागानि वापिश्चैव जलेप्सवः। परान्नानि च लिप्सन्ते कम्पमानास्ततस्ततः

saritsarastaḍāgāni vāpiścaiva jalepsavaḥ| parānnāni ca lipsante kampamānāstatastataḥ

Longing for water, (they seek) rivers, lakes, ponds and wells, and they crave the food of others, trembling this way and that.

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VaP 1 56.75

स्थानेषु पाच्यमानाश्च यातायातेषु तेषु वै। शाल्मलौ वैतरण्याञ्च कुम्भीपाकेषु तेषु च

sthāneṣu pācyamānāśca yātāyāteṣu teṣu vai| śālmalau vaitaraṇyāñca kumbhīpākeṣu teṣu ca

And being cooked in those places, in those comings and goings, in the Śālmali and in the Vaitaraṇī and in those Kumbhīpāka (hells),

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VaP 1 56.76

करम्भवालुकायाञ्च असिपत्रवने तथा। शिलासम्पेषणे चैव पात्यमानाः स्वकर्मभिः

karambhavālukāyāñca asipatravane tathā| śilāsampeṣaṇe caiva pātyamānāḥ svakarmabhiḥ

and in the Karambhavālukā and likewise in the forest of sword-leaves, and in the crushing between stones, being cast down by their own deeds.

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VaP 1 56.77

तत्र स्थानानि तेषां वै दुःखानामप्यनाकवत्। तेषां लोकान्तरस्थानां विविधैर्नामगोत्रतः

tatra sthānāni teṣāṃ vai duḥkhānāmapyanākavat| teṣāṃ lokāntarasthānāṃ vividhairnāmagotrataḥ

There are their stations, of sufferings without respite; of those who dwell in the other world, by their various names and lineages—

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VaP 1 56.78

भूम्यापसव्यदर्भेषु दत्त्वा पिण्डत्रयन्तु वै। पति तांस्तर्पयन्ते च प्रेतस्थानेष्वधिष्ठिताः

bhūmyāpasavyadarbheṣu dattvā piṇḍatrayantu vai| pati tāṃstarpayante ca pretasthāneṣvadhiṣṭhitāḥ

having given the three rice-balls on the ground, with water and with darbha grass, they satisfy those (fathers) who are stationed in the abodes of the dead.

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VaP 1 56.79

अप्राप्ता यातनास्थानं सृष्टा ये भुवि पञ्चधा। पश्चादिस्थावरान्तेषु भूतानां तेषु कर्मसु

aprāptā yātanāsthānaṃ sṛṣṭā ye bhuvi pañcadhā| paścādisthāvarānteṣu bhūtānāṃ teṣu karmasu

Those who have not reached the place of torment, who are created on the earth in five ways, in (beings) from the last down to the immovable, in the deeds of those beings—

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VaP 1 56.80

नानारूपासु जातीषु तिर्यग्योनिषु चातिषु। यदाहारा भवन्त्येते तासु तास्विह योनिषु। तस्मिस्तस्मिंस्तदाहारं श्राद्धदत्तोपतिष्ठति

nānārūpāsu jātīṣu tiryagyoniṣu cātiṣu| yadāhārā bhavantyete tāsu tāsviha yoniṣu| tasmistasmiṃstadāhāraṃ śrāddhadattopatiṣṭhati

in births of various forms and in animal wombs and others: whatever food these have in those various wombs here, in each such (womb) that food, given at the śrāddha, comes to them.

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VaP 1 56.81

काले न्यायागतं पात्रं विधिना प्रतिपादितम्। प्राप्नोत्यन्नं यथा दत्तं बन्धुर्यत्रावतिष्ठते

kāle nyāyāgataṃ pātraṃ vidhinā pratipāditam| prāpnotyannaṃ yathā dattaṃ bandhuryatrāvatiṣṭhate

A worthy recipient come by proper means at the (right) time, honoured according to the rule — as the food is given, so the kinsman obtains it, wherever he abides.

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VaP 1 56.82

यथा गोषु प्रनष्टासु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम्। तथा श्राद्धे तदिष्टानां मन्त्रः प्रापयते पितॄन्

yathā goṣu pranaṣṭāsu vatso vindati mātaram| tathā śrāddhe tadiṣṭānāṃ mantraḥ prāpayate pitṝn

Just as, when cows have strayed apart, the calf finds its mother, so in the śrāddha the sacred formula brings the food desired (by them) to the fathers.

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VaP 1 56.83

एवं ह्यविकलं श्राद्धं श्राद्धदत्तन्तु मन्त्रतः। सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच पश्यन् दिव्येन चक्षुषा। गतागतिज्ञः प्रेतानां मन्त्रः प्रापयते पितॄन्

evaṃ hyavikalaṃ śrāddhaṃ śrāddhadattantu mantrataḥ| sanatkumāraḥ provāca paśyan divyena cakṣuṣā| gatāgatijñaḥ pretānāṃ mantraḥ prāpayate pitṝn

Thus indeed the śrāddha (must be) without defect, and what is given at the śrāddha (reaches them) by means of the formula; so Sanatkumāra declared, seeing with the divine eye. The formula, knowing the goings and comings of the departed, conveys (it) to the fathers.

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VaP 1 56.84

बह्वीकास्वोष्मपाश्चैव दिवाकीर्त्याश्च ते स्मृताः। कृष्णपक्षस्त्वहस्तेषां शुक्लः स्वप्राय शर्वरी

bahvīkāsvoṣmapāścaiva divākīrtyāśca te smṛtāḥ| kṛṣṇapakṣastvahasteṣāṃ śuklaḥ svaprāya śarvarī

They are recorded as the Bahvīkās, the Ūṣmapas, and the Divākīrtyas; for them the dark fortnight is the day, and the bright fortnight the night for sleep.

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VaP 1 56.85

इत्ये ते पितरो देवा देवाश्च पितरश्च वै। ऋतार्त्तवा अनेके तु अन्योन्यपितरः स्मृताः

itye te pitaro devā devāśca pitaraśca vai| ṛtārttavā aneke tu anyonyapitaraḥ smṛtāḥ

Thus these fathers are gods, and the gods are also fathers; and many, connected with the seasons, are recorded as being fathers of one another.

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VaP 1 56.86

एते तु पितरो देवा मानुषाः पितरश्च ये। प्रीतेषु तेषु प्रीयन्ते श्रद्धायुक्तेन कर्मणा

ete tu pitaro devā mānuṣāḥ pitaraśca ye| prīteṣu teṣu prīyante śraddhāyuktena karmaṇā

These are the fathers who are gods and those fathers who are human; when they are pleased, they are gratified by an act performed with faith.

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VaP 1 56.87

इत्येवं पितरः प्रोक्ताः पिदॄणां सोमपायिनाम्। एतत् पितृमतत्वं हि पुराणे निश्चयो मतः

ityevaṃ pitaraḥ proktāḥ pidṝṇāṃ somapāyinām| etat pitṛmatatvaṃ hi purāṇe niścayo mataḥ

Thus have the fathers of the soma-drinking fathers been declared. This is indeed the doctrine of the fathers, held to be the settled conclusion in the Purāṇa.

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VaP 1 56.88

इत्यर्कपितृ सोमानामैलस्य च समागमः। सुधामृतस्य चावाप्तिः पितॄणाञ्चैव तर्पणम्

ityarkapitṛ somānāmailasya ca samāgamaḥ| sudhāmṛtasya cāvāptiḥ pitṝṇāñcaiva tarpaṇam

Thus (has been told) the meeting of the sun, the fathers, and Soma, and of Aila, and the obtaining of the nectar of immortality, and the refreshing of the fathers,

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VaP 1 56.89

पूर्णिमावास्ययोः कालः पितॄणां स्थानमेव च। समासात्कीर्त्तितस्तुभ्यमेष सर्गः सनातनः

pūrṇimāvāsyayoḥ kālaḥ pitṝṇāṃ sthānameva ca| samāsātkīrttitastubhyameṣa sargaḥ sanātanaḥ

and the time of the full and new moon, and the very abode of the fathers. This eternal creation has been proclaimed to you in brief.

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VaP 1 56.90

वैश्वरूप्यन्तु सर्वस्य कथित़ञ्चैकदेशिकम्। न शक्यं परिसङ्ख्यातुं श्रद्धेयं भूतिमिच्छता

vaiśvarūpyantu sarvasya kathita़ñcaikadeśikam| na śakyaṃ parisaṅkhyātuṃ śraddheyaṃ bhūtimicchatā

But the manifold form of the whole has been told only in part; it cannot be counted out (in full), and is to be believed by one who desires prosperity.

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VaP 1 56.91

स्वायम्भुवस्य हीत्येष सर्गः क्रान्तो मयात्र वै। विस्तरेणानुपूर्व्या च भूयः किं वर्णयाम्यहम्

svāyambhuvasya hītyeṣa sargaḥ krānto mayātra vai| vistareṇānupūrvyā ca bhūyaḥ kiṃ varṇayāmyaham

Thus this creation of the Self-born (Svāyambhuva) has been gone over by me here, at length and in due order; what more shall I describe?

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